Weekly Dose of Common Sense
On Overnight Success
It often takes decades to be deemed an 'overnight success' and that maxim has been proven true once again.
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Double dissolution election looms as a possibility
The media speculation is that Australia will be headed to the national polls on July 2 for a double dissolution
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United Nations secondment
It’s been another big week in politics since my last letter. It seems the rest of Australia has finally
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Shorten's 'Latham handshake' moment
Politics has reached a new low when the leader of a major political party can only resort to name calling
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Cashless society threatens our privacy
Today I am going to write about money. More specifically, what the government wants to do with your money. TheSydney
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Keep political agendas out of schools
This morning the media asked for my thoughts on a story on the front page ofThe Australianabout a taxpayer-funded ‘gay
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Media hypocrisy regarding traditional families
They say age brings wisdom. I can’t vouch for that but if there was an award for frustration, I
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Bill Shorten fails the leadership test once again
Australia Day marks the unofficial end of the summer holidays. Until then, even if you have returned to work, it
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My nominee for Australian of the Year is...
It’s great to be back after a refreshing break with so much to look forward to in 2016. I
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Thank you for your support
This will be my final missive for the year and I want to say thank you. Thank you for your
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Food certification report proves action on halal urgently needed
It’s the final sitting week of the parliamentary year and I was pleased to see the Senate committee report
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Dangers of privatising key assets
There has been some discussion lately about granting a lease of the Darwin port to a company associated with the
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Denial must stop, Islam needs reform
My apologies for the length of this missive. It is longer than usual because there is a lot that needs